| Steve Finnane | |
| Birth Name: | Stephen Charles Finnane[1] |
| Birth Date: | 1952 7, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Sydney |
| School: | Waverley College & Vaucluse High School |
| Ru Position: | prop |
| Clubs1: | Eastern Suburbs |
| Repyears1: | 1975–78 |
| Repteam1: | Wallabies |
| Repcaps1: | 6 |
| Reppoints1: | 0 |
Stephen Charles "Steve" Finnane (born 3 July 1952) was a rugby union player who represented Australia.
Finnane, a prop, was born in Sydney and claimed a total of six international rugby caps for Australia. He was dubbed the phantom puncher, for a short right uppercut delivered to Welsh player Graham Price in a scrum during the second Test match between the Wallabies and Wales at the SCG on 17 June 1978. The Welshman suffered a shattered jaw.[2] The Wallaby later wrote in a book that he hit Price.
The Wales match proved to be Finnane's last for Australia: although he was selected for the 1979 tour of New Zealand, he declined, choosing to focus on his professional career as a barrister.[3] [4] Finnane was admitted as a Barrister in the Supreme court on 6 June 1975. He is the brother of District Court judge Michael Finnane KC[5]
SMH 22 August 2010